~north African Chicken Skewers~

Fire up the grill and get some spicy North African spices heating up! These skewers are a huge hit! I’ve only gotten oooohhhhhs and aaawwhhhhhhs as folks eating dive into them~~the biggest glitch is getting them off the skewer fast enough to start digging in!

Now if you’ve not tried ‘berbere’ then you’re in for some tastebud tingles–it’s a North African spice mixture that I’ve been using on not only meats but also roasted veggies~~another wonderful application is to put some in extra virgin olive oil and have one helluva dipping oil for bread or raw veggies.

Serves: 6+

Preheat grill to 450-500

What you need:

10 (10″) skewers

10 chicken filets cut into 2-3 strips each

1/2 cup berbere spice mixture (RECIPE)

Canola Cooking Spray

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley & mint (about half and half)

What you do:

Put the spice mixture in a pie plate. Coat the chicken strips with cooking spray. Cover the strips with the spice mixture.

Weave 2 to 3 strips onto each skewer. Re-coat with cooking spray.

Put on a hot grill cooking for about 20-25 minutes. Using tongs, carefully turn the skewers several times to cook on all sides. Remove to a plate and cover with foil for about 10 minutes.